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1942(May 15) Printed WAGONS-LITS//COOK envelope from Oslo office to Stockholm office Sweden bearing Rampant Lion 20 ore (2) tied Oslo machine cancel & with Geoffnet Wehrmach code O label (Landsmann OV1.1) tied circular OKW Eagle Swastika ….Thomas Cook & Wagons Lits were part of the same company, Thomas Cook were contracted by the British Government to operate a clandestine mail operation to transmit mail from Germany & other Occupied areas to GB initially from Amsterdam and Wagons Lits were involved due to their extensive European office locations. The operation from Amsterdam ceased in the 1st quarter of 1940 & the entire Thomas Cook operation was moved to Lisbon.